Looking for good GUI design book.

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2 total messages Started by michael cooper Sat, 25 Nov 1995 23:11

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Author: michael cooper
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 1995 23:11

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Hi there.  A couple of years ago I picked up a book which helped
to explain how a GUI is written for use in DOS.  The book is
called "Graphical User Interfaces with Turbo C++", and is written
by Ted Faison.  Some of you might have seen it.  Anyways -- the
book got me started, but now I've moved onto much more
complicated issues than it handles.

I'm working on a graphical environment for use in several of my
applications.  So far I'm doing well with what I've got, but I'm
a little unhappy with the "management" of windows and stuff, and
so I've been working on my own GUI design.  I've hit a couple of
snags, and what I really need is some inspiration.

Can anyone think of a good textbook or technical reference on GUI
design?  I'm looking for aspects such as discussion of
appearance, as well as discussion of internal protocols, general
workings, etc.  Pseudocode is desirable -- C++ code would be even
better.  But neither is really necessary, since I'm confident
that I can write the code itself on my own.

If anyone can think of a good book, I'd love to hear from you,
either in the newsgroup or by e-mail.  Thanks for everything!


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Re: Looking for good GUI design book.

#7854

Author: Ron Lusk
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 16:07

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mcooper@acs6.acs.ucalgary.ca (michael cooper) wrote (with possible
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> [deleta]

>Can anyone think of a good textbook or technical reference on GUI
>design?  I'm looking for aspects such as discussion of
>appearance, as well as discussion of internal protocols, general
>workings, etc.  Pseudocode is desirable -- C++ code would be even
>better.  But neither is really necessary, since I'm confident
>that I can write the code itself on my own.

>If anyone can think of a good book, I'd love to hear from you,
>either in the newsgroup or by e-mail.  Thanks for everything!

Try Dave Collins' _Designing Object-Oriented User Interfaces_,
Benjamin-Cummings, 1995, ISBN 0-8053-1270-6. Softcover, 450 pp.

Check it out at

    http://www.aw.com/bc/authors/collins/DOOUI/DOOUI.html


Ron Lusk
Digital Equipment Corporation
lusk@phdvax.enet.dec.com

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